Mee‐Ran Kim

ObjectiveTo evaluate the feasibility of robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy in multiple myomas over 10.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted for 662 patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy and open myomectomy b…

. The objective of the present study was to analyze MIS/AMH type II receptor (MIS/AMHRII) protein and mRNA expression in healthy human endometria compared with patients with endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial cancer, providing a founda…

Objective: The aim of this study is checking the blood level of cadmium (Cd) and lead in the patients with endometriosis or uterine leiomyomas. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 patients who underwent surgery for gynecological disease i…

OBJECTIVE: We compared the expression levels of Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS)/anti-Müllerian hormone type II receptor (AMHRII) in uterine myoma and adenomyosis to evaluate the possibility of using MIS/anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as …

Endometriosis causes significant chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility and affects 10% of all women. In endometriosis, ectopic endometrium surviving after retrograde menstruation exhibits an abnormal immune response characteriz…

An adenomyomectomy is a conservative-surgical option for preserving fertility. Conventional laparoscopic adenomyomectomies present difficulties in adenomyoma removal and suturing of the remaining myometrium. Robot-assisted laparoscopic surg…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the efficacy of robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy for deep intramural myomas. METHODS: We have conducted a retrospective study for 170 patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy by a single op…

PurposeThe goal of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis of the ultrasonographic findings associated with low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma.MethodsTen pathologically confirmed cases of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma …

ObjectivesTo evaluate the usefulness of CA125 levels in the differential diagnosis of adenomyosis and myoma. This has been addressed by few, if any, previous studies.Study designPreoperative serum CA125 levels were measured in 2149 women wh…

Objective: Mullerian inhibiting Substance (MIS), also known as anti Mullerian hormone (AMH), is produced from Sertoli cells of fetal testis and it causes regression of Mullerian ducts. MIS is known to act as a regulator of female reproducti…

We report MR imaging findings of a rare case of endocervical mucinous borderline tumor (MBT) involving the cul-de-sac and left fallopian tube arising from extensive pelvic endometriosis with pathologic correlation in a 35-year-old woman pre…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist on the cell proliferation properties and expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and aromatase in cultured endometrial…

Endometriosis is defined by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside uterine cavity showing variable clinical symptoms under effect of estrogen. The occurrence rate of abdominal wall endometriosis after cesarean section is rare…

목적: 자궁내막증은 불임, 만성골반통을 유발하는 질환으로, 병인론 중 유전적 요인이 대두 되었으며, 자궁내막증의 발병 감수성에 기여하거나 연관이 있는 유전적 소인을 유전체다형성중심으로 규명하여 유전적 소인을 밝히는데 기여하고자 한다. 방법: 25-50세 가임기 여성 중 자궁내막증 환자를 대상으로, 그 외 자궁근종이나 난조낭종 등 양성 부인과 질환으로 수술을 받는 환자 중 복강경으로 자궁내막증이 없는 것이 확인 된 환자를 대조군…

PURPOSE: To check the pathologic changes of focal adenomyosis after heat therapy using radiofrequency and to evaluate which approach--endometrial ablation or direct heat therapy--is better for adenomyosis. To evaluate whether the timing of …

CONTEXT: Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS) is produced in Sertoli cells of fetal testis and causes regression of müllerian ducts in male embryos. MIS also can induce the cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in müllerian duct-derived tumors in…

T he development of robotic technology has facilitated the application of minimally invasive techniques for complex gynecologic surgery. Some major advantages of robotic surgery are three-dimensional magnification and articulation beyond no…

Chronic pelvic pain, defi ned as a non-cyclic pain of at least 6 months duration, is severe enough to require medical care or to cause disability. For such reason, only physical approaches and managements of chronic pelvic pain sometimes fa…

목적: The aim of this study is to compare the impact of drospirenone containing combined oral contraceptives (DOCs) with levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) after post-operative medical therapy of ovarian endometriomas. 방법:…

Uterine malformations consist of a group of miscellaneous congenital anomalies of the female genital system, and these anomalies are the result of major disturbances in the development, such as formation or fusion of the Mullerian or parame…